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Plans are underway to provide thousands of individuals under age 21 who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with home-based interventions and other services through the state's Medicaid program beginning Jan. 1. "This is absolutely huge," said Jennifer Bogin, director of Autism Spectrum Services for the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (DDS). "Many children already get quality programming during the school day. But it's rare when that programming is brought into the home. This is a way for families to fully include their children." DDS is working with the state Department of Social Services (DSS) and other state agencies to draft a new...

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Plans are underway to provide thousands of individuals under age 21 who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with home-based interventions and other services through the state's Medicaid program beginning Jan. 1.
"This is absolutely huge,"...

The amount of time Connecticut residents had to spend on hold to reach a Department of Social Services worker by phone dropped last month, but the average wait time was still over an hour.
"We're not where we want to be…but I think we're trending in...

Angela Lewis-Shakes learned when she went to a dental appointment last week that her Medicaid coverage had been cut off.
She knew she'd have to call the state Department of Social Services to straighten out her coverage. But she dreaded it.
Last...

Waiting on the telephone to speak to someone is a fact of life in a society where "Your call is important to us" means "Hope you're not in a hurry."
But some wait times beggar belief. Last month, according to a report by the...

No wonder state House Republican leader Larry Cafero is in a state of disbelief. The recently unearthed case of Suki L. Handly revealed alarming deficiencies in the hiring process and supervisory controls in the state Department of Social Services that...

Saying that “many’’ state employees may be involved in food stamp fraud, the governor’s legal counsel told all department heads Monday that they must cooperate with state investigators, as well as state and federal prosecutors.The food stamps became...

A 13-year state police trooper who earned more than $124,000 last year is among the state employees — including three other troopers — under investigation for allegedly filing a fraudulent food stamp application following Tropical Storm Irene.
Noel...

Saying Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is rushing to judgment, an attorney is asking the state to declare a moratorium on all disciplinary hearings on the potential firings of state employees who received food stamp benefits following Tropical Storm Irene.
Rich...

Insisting that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is rushing to judgment, an attorney is asking the state to declare a moratorium on all disciplinary hearings for state employees suspected of fraudulently receiving food stamp benefits after Tropical Storm Irene.
Rich...

Despite complaints that state workers falsified forms for other state workers, Gov. Dannel Malloy declined to place any blame Wednesday on his administration in the ongoing food stamp fraud controversy.
A growing number of state employees is stepping...

An atttorney for state employees is calling for several federal investigations into Connecticut's controversial emergency food stamp program following Tropical Storm Irene.
Rich Rochlin, who represents state employees who are suspected of fraud, is...

Why would highly paid state employees apply for emergency food stamp benefits when it would appear they would not qualify?
The reason, veteran state employees said, might be the rules of the game. The Department of Social Services workers who processed...

A lawyer for government workers suspected of defrauding the state to gain post-storm food benefits is accusing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration of muzzling its employees “to keep us from uncovering the truth” by an "unconstitutional gag...

A state employee has been fired in the emergency food stamp fraud scandal after receiving $200 in benefits, officials said Wednesday.The union worker was terminated for understating her income while applying for the federal benefits, said her attorney,...

Four state employees have been fired and four others have retired in the ongoing food stamp scandal.Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made the announcement Tuesday regarding the controversy over state employees who allegedly falsified their financial...

For the past five months, the Baltimore Department of Social Services has been regularly housing children overnight at a downtown office building - allowing them to sleep upright in hard plastic chairs or on thin mattresses on the floor.
The practice is...

A woman who lost custody of her children while in a city witness protection program filed a $34 million lawsuit against the Baltimore Department of Social Services yesterday, alleging that her toddler son suffered a fractured skull when he was slammed...

When Christopher J. McCabe stood at the microphone of a recent nationally
televised news conference, Maryland's highest child welfare official mentioned
his boss' name, introduced his colleagues and spoke vaguely about his agency's
work.
The secretary of...

Baltimore's top health official proposed yesterday that the state reform
its troubled child protective system by stationing abuse caseworkers in
hospitals 24 hours a day and acting more quickly to remove minors from
dangerous homes.
Dr. Peter L....